Marc Minkowski - Bach, JS: St John Passion (2017)

The foundations of Marc Minkowski’s career lie in Baroque music, and he has enjoyed a long relationship with Warner Classics, but this Johannes-Passion (St John Passion) is his first Bach for the label. The work’s terse drama – here presented through just nine singers – is ideally suited to both his scrupulous musicianship and his keen sense of theatre. The French conductor describes Bach’s great masterpieces as “a journey you have to prepare for meticulously, over a long period of time … You come back from it like an explorer comes back from Everest or the Moon - transformed.”

TRACKLIST

01. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 1 "Herr, unser Herrscher" (Chorus)
02. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 2 "Jesus ging mit seinen Jüngern… Jesus antwortete" (Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus)
03. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 3 "O grosse Lieb" (Chorus)
04. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 4 "Auf dass das Wort erfüllet würde" (Evangelist, Jesus)
05. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 5 "Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich" (Chorus)
06. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 6 "Die Schar aber und der Oberhauptmann" (Evangelist)
07. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 7 "Von den Stricken meiner Sünden" (Alto)
08. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 8 "Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu nach" (Evangelist)
09. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 9 "Ich folge dir gleichfalls" (Soprano)
10. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 10 "Derselbige Jünger war dem Hohenpriester bekannt" (Evangelist, Ancilla, Petrus, Jesus, Servus)
11. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 11 "Wer hat dich so geschlagen" (Chorus)
12. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 12 "Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden…. Er leugnete aber und sprach" (Evangelist, Petrus, Servus, Chorus)
13. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 13 "Ach, mein Sinn" (Tenor)
14. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 14 "Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück" (Chorus)
15. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 11 bis "Himmel reisse, Welt erbebe" (Bass, Chorus)
16. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1: No. 13 bis: "Zerschmettert mich, ihr Felsen und ihr Hügel" (Tenor)
17. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 15 "Christus, der uns selig macht" (Chorus)
18. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 16 "Da führeten sie Jesum… Auf dass erfüllet würde das Wort" (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus, Chorus)
19. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 17 "Ach grosser König" (Chorus)
20. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 18 "Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm…. Barrabas aber war ein Mörder" (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus, Chorus)
21. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 19 "Betrachte, meine Seel" (Bass)
22. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 20 "Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken" (Tenor)
23. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 21 "Und die Kriegsknechte flochten eine Krone… Da Pilatus das Wort hörete" (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus, Chorus)
24. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 22 "Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn" (Chorus)
25. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 23 "Die Jüden aber schrieen und sprachen… Da überantwortete er ihn" (Evangelist, Pilatus, Chorus)
26. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 24 "Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen" (Bass)
27. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 25 "Allda kreuzigten sie ihn… Pilatus antwortet" (Evangelist, Pilatus, Chorus)
28. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 26 "In meines Herzens Grunde" (Chorus)
29. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 27 "Die Kriegsknechte aber… Auf dass erfüllet würde die Schrift" (Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus)
30. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 28 "Er nahm alles wohl in Acht" (Chorus)
31. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 29 "Und von Stund an nahm sie der Jünger zu sich" (Evangelist, Jesus)
32. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 30 "Es ist vollbracht" (Alto)
33. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 31 "Und neiget das Haupt" (Evangelist)
34. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 32 "Mein teurer Heiland, lass dich fragen" (Bass, Chorus)
35. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 33 "Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriss" (Evangelist)
36. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 34 "Mein Herz, in dem die ganze Welt" (Tenor)
37. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 35 "Zerfliesse, mein Herze" (Soprano)
38. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 36 "Die Jüden aber, dieweil es der Rüsttag war" (Evangelist)
39. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 37 "O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn" (Chorus)
40. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 38 "Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia" (Evangelist)
41. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 39 "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine" (Chorus)
42. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: No. 40 "Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein" (Chorus)